Culinary slicer



` oct. 24, 1933. G W FOUKE 1,932,173

CULINARY SLICER Filed Oct. 12, 1951 Inventor Fouke Patented Oct. 24, 1933 Unirse srarzas rarer trice n CULINARY SLICER George W. Fouke, St. Louis, Mo.'l

Y Application October l2,

4 Claims.

My invention relates to a culinary slicer and particularly to a hand-operated slicer suitable for domestic use. While my device may be adapted for use on various kinds of fruit and vegetables, the specific form shown is designed for slicing bananas which, owing to their peculiar shape and texture, cannot be successfully handled by the ordinary types of culinary slicers.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one forin'of slicer made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view; Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing the parts in a different position; Figure 3 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section on the line 4 4 of Figure 1.

The body ofthe device is made of a thin plate of metal bent to form two parts 1 and 2 extending parallel to each other in diferent planes and separated by a web 3, the depth of which determines the thickness of the slice produced. The center of this web is cut away to provide a passage for the slices, the resulting forward edge of the part 1 of the plate beingvsharpened to provide a knife Li. One edge of the plate is turned up to form a bracket 5 to which is attached a handle 6. Formed in the part 1 of the plate a short distance from the knife 4, is

30 a downwardly projecting bead 7 which provides means for discharging the slices from the under surface of the plate and also serves to strengthen the plate.

The banana holder is in the form of a cylindrical tube 8. This tube is made of pliable metal and its edges are unattached so that the diameter of the tube may be varied by bending. Carried in the lower end of the tube is a flange 9 pivoted by means of a rivet 10 to the plate so 40 that the tube may be swung from the position shown in Figure 1 to that shown in Figure 2 to sever a slice from a banana contained in the tube or holder. The flange 9 has a turned-over portion 11, the rear end of which forms a stop adapted to strike against a straight portion l2 of the edge of the plate, as shown in Figure l, to limit the movement of the holder in one direction. The movement of the holder in the other direction is limited by a lug 13 against which it strikes. rlIhe forward end of the portion 11 is continued to form a curved linger 14 sufficiently narrow to pass through the opening in the web 3, and which serves to propel the slice which might otherwise be broken off as the vcut nears its completion..

1931. Serin No. 568,300

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The operation of my slicer is as follows: The

plate is supported by the handle 6 with the holder 8 in vertical position and the banana placed inside the holder in which it should move freely so as to be -held in contact lwith the plate by gravity. In case of unusually large fruit, the holder may be enlarged by bending to accommodate it. The holder is now grasped and moved forward and 'backward between the positions shown in Figures 1 and 2. At each forward movement a slice equal in thickness to the distance between the parts 1 and 2 of the plate, is severed from the fruit. The action of the nger 14 on the edge of the slice not only prevents the breaking off of the slice as the cut nears completion, but also continues the movement of the slice after it is severed. The freshly cut surface of the slice is adhesive and clings to the lower face of the part 1 of the plate but the action of the bead .7 detaches the slice so that it will drop into a dish or other container over which-the Slicer is held.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A culinary slicer comprising a supporting plate of sheet metal, said plate being bent to form upper and lower parts and a connecting web, a portion of the web being removed to form a cutting blade and a passage for the severed slice, a holder also rnade of sheet metal in the form of an expansible tube open at the top, a flange integral with the holder and pivoted to the supporting plate, said flange carrying a ringer extending below the upper part of the supporting plate to propel the severed slice through the passage in the web.

2. A culinary slicer comprising a supporting plate of sheet metal, said plate being bent to form upper and lower parts and a connecting web, a portion of the web being removed to form a cutting blade and a passage for the severed slice, a holder also made of sheet metal in the form of an expansible tube open at the top, a flange integral with the holder and carrying a ringer for forcing the severed slice through the passage in the web, a pivot positioned between the holder and finger and securing the flange to the supporting plate, a handle for the supporting plate, and a reinforcing bead in the supporting plate extending between the handle and pivot, said bead projecting downwardly to form slice discharging means.

3. A culinary slicer comprising a supporting plate of sheet metal, said plate being bent to i pansion, an integral ange on the lower end of said holder and extending at right angles to the axis thereof, and a pivot connecting said flange to the upper part of the supporting plate, the outer edge of said ange being bent downwardly to provide a finger for propelling the .slice through the passage in the web.

4. A culinary slicer comprising a supporting plate of sheet metal, said plate being bent to form upper and lower parts and a connecting web, a portion of the web being removed` to form.

a cutting blade and a passage for the severed slice, the upper part of said plate having a turned-over portion forming a bracket, a handle secured to said bracket, a holder formed of a sheet of metal bent into a cylinder, an integral flange on the lower end of said holder and extending at right angles to the axis thereof, a pivot connecting said flange to the upper part of the supporting plate, the outer edge of said ilange being bent downwardly to provide a nger for propelling the slice through the passage in the web, a lug carried by the upper part of the supporting plate to lirnit the movement of the holder on its pivot, and a reinforcing bead in the plate extending between the bracket and the pivot point-of the holder, said bead extending downwardly to form slice discharging means.

GEORGE W. FOUKE. 

